As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last year, a group of Democratic tech experts decided to try out similarly deceptive tactics in the fiercely contested Alabama Senate race, according to people familiar with the effort and a report on its results....

The project’s operators created a Facebook page on which they posed as conservative Alabamians, using it to try to divide Republicans and even to endorse a write-in candidate to draw votes from Mr. Moore. It involved a scheme to link the Moore campaign to thousands of Russian accounts that suddenly began following the Republican candidate on Twitter, a development that drew national media attention.

“We orchestrated an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation that planted the idea that the Moore campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet,” the report says.

But I'm sure someone will soon explain that this NYT story about Democrats using Russian disinformation tactics is itself a Russian disinformation project. Next we'll hear that Hillary never actually deleted 30,000 emails under Congressional subpoena nor did she even set up a private server to avoid FOIA requests; the Russians planted all those stories in the press. That, or "deplorable" conservatives just made it all up.

They told me if I voted for Hillary Clinton the president would be emotional, impulsive, and unpredictable. They were right. I voted for Hillary Clinton and got a president that is emotional, impulsive, and unpredictable.

No, but I do notice you don't seem to be very observant. No one's gone anywhere, but if you're not getting the responses you think you deserve, perhaps you have an over-inflated view of the value of your opinions.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. - The Dhammapada

They told me if I voted for Hillary Clinton the president would be emotional, impulsive, and unpredictable. They were right. I voted for Hillary Clinton and got a president that is emotional, impulsive, and unpredictable.

True, likely nothing illegal here, but extremely shady, which is why the guy is apologizing in the national press.

The headline on the tweet was meant to point out the vacuous and hypocritical nature of the two-year media/Democrat hyperventilation over alleged Trump-Russia "collusion", for which ZERO evidence has been put forth, despite the best efforts of people like Bob Woodward and Mueller's $30M team of Democrat donors.

Credo ut intelligam wrote: But I'm sure someone will soon explain that this NYT story about Democrats using Russian disinformation tactics is itself a Russian disinformation project. Next we'll hear that Hillary never actually deleted 30,000 emails under Congressional subpoena nor did she even set up a private server to avoid FOIA requests; the Russians planted all those stories in the press. That, or "deplorable" conservatives just made it all up.

Credo ut intelligam wrote:
The headline on the tweet was meant to point out the vacuous and hypocritical nature of the two-year media/Democrat hyperventilation over alleged Trump-Russia "collusion", for which ZERO evidence has been put forth, despite the best efforts of people like Bob Woodward and Mueller's $30M team of Democrat donors.

The investigation is ongoing. I don't know why anyone considers Woodward to be an authority given that he is not on Mueller's team.

Credo ut intelligam wrote: The headline on the tweet was meant to point out the vacuous and hypocritical nature of the two-year media/Democrat hyperventilation over alleged Trump-Russia "collusion", for which ZERO evidence has been put forth...

Ah yes, the old "no evidence" line of nonsense as if you'd be privy to any evidence that Mueller might have. No, you'll just have to wait like the rest of us to see what evidence Mueller might have.

I would add that trump doesn't act like Mueller has no evidence.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. - The Dhammapada

You guys can pin your hopes on Mueller until the cows come home, but the FACT is there is ZERO evidence of Trump-Russia "Collusion." Didn't happen. End of story. Prepare to be disappointed. Don't be the last ones to figure out this was all a hoax launched by the Hillary campaign as an excuse for their horrible candidate blowing the election.

Think about it, if there was any evidence it would have been leaked long ago.

Even Saturday Night Live figured out the jig was up 9 months ago:Bachelor Finale Cold Open - SNL.Becca K. (Cecily Strong) is shocked to learn Robert Mueller (Kate McKinnon) can't commit to charging President Donald Trump with collusion.

The more frantically Trump Lovers bleat about "NO evidence of collusion!" in the face of all the other investigations of possible illegal behavior, the bigger the smile on my face gets. Happy New Year, guys!

"Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic."
George Will